{"id":610,"date":"2008-07-03T11:12:05","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T16:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=610"},"modified":"2008-07-03T11:12:05","modified_gmt":"2008-07-03T16:12:05","slug":"Managing happily on our own...","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=610","title":{"rendered":"Managing happily on our own&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re still hanging in here.&nbsp; Yesterday was 100% better than Tuesday.&nbsp; Good sleep makes all the difference.&nbsp; We were busy, too, as Analise had school, Josiah went to Grandma&#8217;s to play, and I got to run around doing errands all by myself.&nbsp; Lovely.&nbsp; Listening to my own music &#8211; a brand new Passion CD, God of this City &#8211; instead of &quot;Signing Time with Alex &amp; Leah&quot; on repeat, over and over and over again.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I found a big box from RedEnvelope.com on my front porch.&nbsp; It was the anniversary present Brian had ordered!&nbsp; What a surprise!&nbsp; It&#8217;s this beautiful frame set &#8211; wood frames for the contemporary wooden 5th anniversary gift.&nbsp; We&#8217;re pretty bad about gifts for each other&#8230; usually we just get ourselves what we&#8217;d like and tell each other, and we&#8217;re both pretty pleased with that.&nbsp; And since we&#8217;d been to Atlanta on our own and Memphis with the kids, I wasn&#8217;t expecting a gift at all.&nbsp; But this was so unexpected and beautiful&#8230; I&#8217;m so thankful!&nbsp; Now to find some beautiful photos to put in it&#8230;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.redenvelope.com\/is\/image\/production\/H07_173851_W?nanos=770&amp;qlt=75,0&amp;resMode=sharp&amp;op_usm=0.5,1.0,0.0,0&amp;wid=250&amp;hei=250\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">It was Wednesday, so my dear sweet babysitter Abigail came to watch Josiah while I headed out for our small group.&nbsp; In lieu of our normal Life Group, we have been having bi-weekly prayer and praise times.&nbsp; 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